Athletics - Season 3 / Year 2017

Season 3 / Year 2017

Episodes

World Cross Country Championships
Highlights of the biennial championship from the Ugandan capital of Kampala, where the host nation's athletes are vying to break the duopoly of Kenya and Ethiopia's runners.

World Relay Championships
Nick Hope presents highlights of the 2017 world relays from the Bahamas, which also gives the chance for teams to qualify for 2017's world athletics championships in London.

Diamond League Qatar Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights of the first Diamond League meeting of the season, which is taking place in Doha, featuring a field packed with the world's top athletes.

Diamond League Shanghai Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights from the second Diamond League meeting of the season, featuring a stunning array of the world's greatest sprinters.

Great CityGames Manchester
Gabby Logan presents live coverage of the Great CityGames from the heart of Manchester.
The annual event sees athletes sprint and hurdle over a variety of distances on a 200m temporary track on Deansgate, with Long Jump and Pole Vault competitions in the historic Albert Square.
Athletes competing on the track include Richard Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Kim Collins.
Providing expert analysis alongside Gabby Logan will be Colin Jackson and Denise Lewis, with commentary from Steve Cram and Steve Backley.

Great Manchester Run
Ore Oduba presents live coverage of the 2017 Great Manchester Run. Denise Lewis and JJ Chalmers report from the course and Paula Radcliffe joins Steve Cram in the commentary box.

Diamond League: Eugene, Oregon
Gabby Logan introduces highlights from the Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon

Great Manchester Run - Highlights
Highlights of the 2017 Great Manchester Run. A new half-marathon race sees close to 10,000 taking to the streets ahead of the 10k.

Diamond League Rome Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights from the fourth leg of the Diamond League series in Rome. The famous Stadio Olimpico is the backdrop as a host of Olympic and world champions take part. Among those competing are American Justin Gatlin, who is bidding for a fifth consecutive win in the 100m at this event, while triple Rio medallist Andre de Grasse of Canada goes in the 200m against France's Christophe Lemaitre. Britain's double European indoor champion Laura Muir faces a tough field in the 1500m, which includes Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon and world indoor champion Sifan Hassan. Plus there is a fascinating clash between two world record-holders, with Ethiopians Genzebe Dibaba and Almaz Ayana doing battle in the 5000m, a distance at which Ayana won in Rome in 2016 with the second-fastest time in history.

Diamond League Oslo Highlights
Gabby Logan presents highlights from the fifth leg of this season's Diamond League, in Oslo. Featuring amongst a stellar line-up at the Bislett Stadium is reigning world champion Dafne Schippers, who will aimto defend her 200m Oslo crown on her 25th birthday. In the men's 400m, Norway's young gun Karsten Warholm faces off against America's current Olympic and two-time world champion Kerron Clement, while triple Rio medallist Andre De Grasse, from Canada, will strive to secure back-to-back Oslo titles in the 100m.

Diamond League Stockholm Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights of the sixth leg of this season's Diamond League series at the Stockholm Olympic Stadium.
In the discus, German brothers Robert and Christoph Harting, the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champions respectively, clash with 2016's world-leading thrower Daniel Stahl. Canadian sprinter Andre de Grasse is among the star attractions in the 100m as the Olympic bronze medallist makes his debut in the Sweden event. Kiwi pole vault sensation Eliza McCartney is also set to compete as she continues her rise having won a bronze medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Diamond League Paris Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights from the seventh leg of the 2017 Diamond League series in Paris.
After many years of the Stade de France hosting the event, it now switches to the historic Charlety stadium, which has been confirmed as the venue of the European Championships in 2020.
A host of the world's finest athletes will be hoping to fine-tune their performances ahead of the World Championships in a little over a month's time. The crowd will be firmly behind the home favourites, including former Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie.

World Championships - GB Team Trials
Gabby Logan presents live coverage of British Athletics' World Championship Team Trials from the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.
Not only will Britain's best athletes be aiming to become a national champion, they will also be hoping to book themselves a place at the World Athletics Championships in London, which starts in little over a month's time.
In last year's championships, finals day on the Sunday produced a succession of thrilling moments, with sprinters Dina Asher-Smith and Adam Gemili both winning their respective 200m races in dramatic fashion.
Gabby will be joined by Colin Jackson, Denise Lewis and Toni Minichiello for expert analysis, while commentary comes from Steve Cram, Steve Backley, Paula Radcliffe and Andrew Cotter.

Diamond League Lausanne Highlights
Gabby Logan has all the action from the Diamond League, as the tour moves on to Lausanne.
On the track, world record-holder Wayde van Niekerk will run his first 400m of the season on European soil against a stellar field. Meanwhile the USA's Justin Gatlin and Jamaica's Asafa Powell will battle for the gold in the 100m.
Dutch star Dafne Schippers will take on American Tori Bowie in the hotly anticipated women's 200m and world champion Genzebe Dibaba will be trying to break her own Diamond League record over 1500m.

Anniversary Games: Part 1
Gabby Logan presents live action from the London Anniversary Games, as Great Britain's finest athletes take on star names from around the world.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Laura Muir, Greg Rutherford and Sir Mo Farah are among those looking to hone their performances with the World Championships only weeks away.
Last year's event saw American Kendra Harrison break a 28-year-old world record in the 100m hurdles with an astonishing time of 12.20 seconds.

Anniversary Games: Part 2
Gabby Logan introduces live coverage of the London Anniversary Games, where a host of British athletes compete in a star-studded field ahead of the World Championships.
Mo Farah returns to the scene of his double Olympic 2012 triumph to run in the 5,000m and 10,000m, and Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Greg Rutherford are also competing. Six-time Paralympic champion David Weir competes in his final race, fittingly in the stadium which saw him win a trio of gold medals at London 2012.

Diamond League Rabat Highlights
Gabby Logan presents highlights of the tenth round of the 2017 Diamond League from Rabat. With the trip to Morocco coming three weeks before the World Championships in London, the world's best athletes are desperate to find form in north Africa. Rabat made its Diamond League debut last year when the 14-meeting global series headed to Africa for the first time.

Diamond League Monaco Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights from the 11th leg of the 2017 Diamond League series in Monaco.
Jamaican superstar Usain Bolt headlines a star-studded field, with the eight-time Olympic gold medallist running in the 100m as he fine tunes his preparations for August's World Championships in London.
Other stand-out names competing at the Stade Louis II include pole vault world record-holder Renaud Lavillenie; reigning 1500m world champion Asbel Kiprop; and world and Olympic triple jump champion Caterine Ibarguen.

World Preview
Following on from the huge success of the 2012 Olympic Games, London is again the host city as the world's finest athletes gather for fierce competition on track and field as Gabby Logan looks ahead to the World Athletics Championships.
The greatest sprinter of all time, Jamaica's Usain Bolt, is expected to make his final appearance at these championships as the eight-time Olympic champion and fastest man on the planet goes for yet more glory in the 100m.
Other superstars on show include Britain's finest-ever distance runner Mo Farah, who will attempt to add to his historic ‘triple-double' in the 5000m and 10,000m after winning both races at London 2012, the 2015 World Championships in Beijing and 2016 Rio Olympics.

World Athletics Championships - Day 1
Gabby Logan kicks off nine days of athletics, introducing the opening ceremony of the World Athletics Championships, as London prepares to host its biggest event since the glorious success of the 2012 Olympic Games.
The highlight of tonight's schedule will see Britain's finest-ever distance runner Mo Farah go for another gold in the men's 10,000 metres.
The event promises to provide a send-off to Usain Bolt, as the eight-time Olympic champion looks to sign off in his last major event by adding to 11 world championship gold medals.
Coverage continues on BBC One at 7pm, with expert analysis provided by eight-time world champion Michael Johnson.
The commentary team is led by 1500m world gold medallist Steve Cram along with marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe, Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis, double 110m hurdles world champion Colin Jackson, former javelin world record holder Steve Backley, Brendan Foster and Andrew Cotter.

World Athletics Championships - Day 1 Highlights
Reaction and analysis from the opening session of the World Athletics Championships in London, where world record holder Usain Bolt began his bid for a 12th gold medal in what is expected to be his final appearance at a major championship.
Elsewhere on the track Britain's defending champion Mo Farah was running for gold in the 10,000m, while double-European champion Laura Muir was also in action in the heats of 1500m.
Expert analysis is provided by eight-time world champion Michael Johnson, while a stellar commentary team is led by 1500m world gold medallist Steve Cram along with marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe, Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis, double 110m hurdles world champion Colin Jackson, former javelin world record holder Steve Backley, Brendan Foster and Andrew Cotter.

Birmingham Grand Prix
Live coverage of the Birmingham Grand Prix. Mo Farah is the star turn as he runs his last race on the track in the UK before he takes on the full-time challenge of road racing.

Diamond League Athletics: Zurich Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights of the 13th and penultimate round of the 2017 Diamond League.
The star attraction will be British long-distance runner Mo Farah, who is set to compete in the final 5,000m of this year's Diamond League.
This will be the four-time Olympic gold medallist's last track appearance before switching his focus to road racing and the marathon. Mo has fond memories of the Letzigrund Stadium in the Swiss city as he was crowned European champion in the 5,000m and 10,000m back in 2014.

Diamond League Brussels Highlights
Gabby Logan introduces highlights of the 14th and final round of the 2017 Diamond League.
A host of freshly crowned gold medallists from the World Championships in London - such as heptathlete Nafi Thiam and triple jump legend Christian Taylor - will be in action at the iconic King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
This will be the 41st time the event known as the AG Memorial Van Damme will have taken place in the city, and brings to an end another thrilling Diamond League series.
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